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Adventure Travel Wrap Up – A Look Back on 2011
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 9 December 2011
As I sit down to write this 2011 Adventure Travel Round up, I am in shock and awe that we really did all these things in a span of 365 days. We just lived a year of adventure travel that I never thought I would have the opportunity to ever do in my life
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Astana, Kazakhstan: The City at Night
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 6 November 2011
You aren't alone if you didn't know much about Kazakhstan. Before going there, we had never heard of it's capital city Astana, we didn't know anything about architecture or its people and we didn't really know what countries bordered it.
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18 The Mongol Rally with Sherry Ott and the Social Media Syndicate – Podcast
Blog: Heather on her travels - 26 September 2011
In Episode 18 in my travel podcast series, I talk to Sherry Ott about the Mongol Rally and her adventures driving from London to Mongolia with three other travel bloggers. I met Sherry, who blogs at Ottsworld, in London just as their Social Media Syndicate (with Deb and Dave from ThePlanetD and Rick from Midlife [...]
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Tips for Driving From England to Mongolia for Anyone
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 20 September 2011
Having just travelled nearly 10,000 miles by car from London, England to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia we are hooked on driving adventures. The Mongol Rally was a blast especially once we entered countries like Kazakhstan and Mongolia.
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American Express Kindly, Accepted in Central Asia
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 14 September 2011
This summer we were approached by American Express Canada to test drive their new American Express Gold Rewards Card and after using it for the past few months, we're big fans.
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Deb’s First Photostory, Mongol Rally Moments
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 10 September 2011
What did we see on the road during the Mongol Rally? A Lot. I know that Dave always does the PhotoStories on the Website, but I had a few gems that I took during our 5 weeks on the road.
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Outdoor Living on The Mongol Rally
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 30 August 2011
We love camping. Have we ever told you that? Sherry and Rick had told us that they didn’t do much camping before the Mongol Rally and didn’t know what to expect, but I think we have made converts out of them.
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The Ambassador of Aktobe
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 29 August 2011
There must be enough of a market of people driving through the town of Aktobe in Kazakhstan to warrant a write up in the Lonely Planet. We know that people drive this direction each year during the Mongol Rally and we were no exception.
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The Best Laid Plans – Mongol Rally
Blog: Ottsworld - 24 August 2011
I don’t think any Mongol Rally team has actually made a plan and stuck to it. The rally throws you too many curve balls to be able to do that. We had our first curve ball in Kazakhstan…it was called time. We drove into Aktobe on considerably better roads. At one point, they [...]
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The Birth of Kazakhstan Tourism – Mongol Rally
Blog: Ottsworld - 23 August 2011
“You tourist?” This is the most asked question of us in Kazakhstan. The crazy thing is that it’s asked everywhere; on the street, in hotels, and even as we are driving down the street other cars will slow down, roll down their windows and ask the popular question. It’s been a long time since I’ve [...]
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A Kazakhstan Farmer at Sunset
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 23 August 2011
We had set up camp in the middle of a field somewhere as the sun was setting during the Kazakhstan leg of the Mongol Rally. In the distance we saw a horse and rider running in the fields.
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How to Fill Up a Car on the Mongol Rally
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 21 August 2011
It seems pretty straight forward. You pull into a gas station, either ask them to fill her up, or grab the hose yourself and start pumping. On the Mongol Rally, things are not so simple.
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How to Survive Being Stopped by Kazakhstani Police
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 20 August 2011
You knew the moment was bound to happen. As you drive along the highway, you see the police car in the distance. You tell each other not to look, keep your eyes straight ahead and maybe he won't notice.
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The Adventure Begins in Kazakhstan
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 19 August 2011
The Social Media Syndicate find themselves in a dusty, dusty place...
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Camping on the Mongol Rally
Blog: Ottsworld - 19 August 2011
The best thing about camping on the Mongol Rally is peeing in the desert under the stars. It’s bliss. And it’s certainly better than Kazakhstan gas station bathrooms where you have to plug your nose and try to wipe the disgusting memory from your mind before it scars you for life! I’m not much [...]
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Locals to the Rescue – Mongol Rally
Blog: Ottsworld - 18 August 2011
One of the hardest things about the Mongol Rally is that we are speeding through countries in a car. This means that we really don’t have much time to get out and meet locals or dig into culture which really pains me. In fact – we encounter most cultural/local interaction at gas stations – [...]
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The Silk Road: marketing spin or classic adventure?
Blog: 501 Places - 25 May 2011
You may remember a while back 501 Places featured an excellent guide to learning languages with a host of unorthodox but highly effective tips. James Willcox is back with a second post, this time on the subject of the famous Silk Road. He explores whether the route has managed to retain its sense of mystery and adventure despite [...]The Silk Road: marketing spin or classic adventure? is a post from: 501 Places
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Killing time: Shizhaga, Kazakhstan
Blog: 501 Places - 11 May 2011
The latest guest post on 501 Places is a moving story by Jerry Kubica recalling his travels in a remote part of Kazakhstan as part of his work for the charity Our Roots Trust. He set up the charity to help those families who were uprooted from their Polish homeland by the two world wars [...]Killing time: Shizhaga, Kazakhstan is a post from: 501 Places
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Eastern or Western Route North from Tashkent to Russia?
Blog: Abandon the Cube - 4 October 2010
Before leaving Tashkent I spent several hours pouring over countless maps of Kazakhstan and Russia, trying to work out the best route to Mongolia.
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Day 220: Certified World's Lousiest!
Blog: Diaries of a Vagabonding Couple - 18 September 2010
...continued from Day 218: Visas = bitch I'm on the verge of punching Stupid in his face. It's Friday and we're back at the lousiest consulate in the world again. Stupid said we could pick up our visa at 10am but knowing how unreliable he is, we arrived at 11:30 just in case. We were stupid for believing Stupid - once again he delivered an empty promise and told us to come back at 4pm. WTF??
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Day 218: Visas = bitch
Blog: Diaries of a Vagabonding Couple - 18 September 2010
Istanbul - floating fast food on the Bosphorus Been in Turkey a week now, but seen more consulates and banks than mosques and bazaars. Damn them visas. We're in the process of applying for four - Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan - to pave way for our overland route home. It feels like a game of scavenger hunt where one must first decipher the various countries' requirements,
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ATC 2010 Mongol Rally Route
Blog: Abandon the Cube - 30 May 2010
It’s official! We’ve finally ironed out our route details to the finest detail. We have decided to head from London to Paris, and from Paris to Luxembourg. After a break, we’ll head to Nuremberg and the Prague for the 2010 Czech Out Party, which we’re all very excited about.
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Day 447: The Aral Sea Disaster
Blog: The Odyssey Expedition - 8 April 2010
Tue 23 Mar 2010; The train arrived at the town of Beyneu at about ten minutes to five in the morning, enjoyed a cup of tea in the little station cafe and after about an hour, I clambered on board the train for a place called Kungrad in Uzbekistan. We got to the border about [...]
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Day 446: Guns And Roses
Blog: The Odyssey Expedition - 28 March 2010
Mon 22nd Mar 2010; I gave up all hope of a schedule months ago. When people ask me (and they do) when I think I’ll be finished I just shrug and change the subject. If I can get to India by May I will be one happy ginger galavanter, but I’ve got a [...]
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Day 445: The Naxçivan
Blog: The Odyssey Expedition - 28 March 2010
Sun 21st Mar 2010; This must be the most incredibly naff ship I’ve been on so far; all dirty floors, peeling fake wood wallpaper, murky corridors, broken lights, stained matress, rusty bulkheads, dripping plumbing, doors that don’t close properly… Lovely! BUT AT LEAST THE TEA WAS FREE. And that makes ALL the [...]
